Hotmail is officially dead: Microsoft shifts to Outlook

4:54 PM,
May 3, 2013

A screenshot of Microsoft's Outlook email client for the Web.

Written by

Brett Molina
USA TODAY

The company announced it has completed the transition from the email service to the new Outlook.com, which now boasts more than 400 million accounts.

"We've been focused throughout the upgrade on ensuring that every customer has a great experience," says Dick Craddock, Outlook.com's group program mananger. "We've been overwhelmed with the response so far." ...